FlyBig

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flybig
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IATA ICAO Callsign
S9 [1] FLGKRIS
Founded2020
Commenced operations21 December 2020;3 years ago (2020-12-21)
Hubs Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Fleet size3
Destinations24
Parent company Big Charter Private Limited
Headquarters Gurugram, Haryana, India
Key peopleCaptain Sanjay Mandavia (CMD)
Chander Bahadur (Head Financial Intelligence and Strategies)
FounderCaptain Sanjay Mandavia
Employees500
Website flybig.in

flybig is a regional airline based in Gurugram, Haryana, India. [2] It is promoted by Gurugram-based Big Charter Private Limited. The airline began operations in December 2020 and is focused on connecting tier-2 cities within India. [3] The airline is currently operating in north and northwest India. [4] [5] [6]

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History

The airline received a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Ministry of Civil Aviation and received its Air Operator's Certificate (AoC) on 14 December 2020, both necessary for starting commercial operations. It began operations with a single ATR-72-500. [7] The company's focus is to serve Tier-2 cities and it aims to build a fleet of more ATR-72s and Viking/ DHC Twin Otters, thus eventually expand to a fleet of 20 aircraft. [8]

Before the airline began any scheduled flights, it got its first route under a government tender to serve Shillong from Delhi. The flights commenced on 21 December 2020 and to fulfil its obligations, the airline wet-leased a DHC-8 Q400 aircraft from SpiceJet. [9] [10] The airline conducted proving flights on 4 December 2020, [11] and operated its first scheduled flight on 3 January 2021 from Indore to Ahmedabad. [12] As of March 2024, it has 11 destinations with a fleet of three aircraft covering 3 states.

In November 2023, FlyBig Airlines temporarily ceased operations in Arunachal Pradesh, citing supply chain challenges as the primary reason for the suspension. [13]

Destinations

As of March 2024, FlyBig operates to and from the following destinations:

StateCityAirportNotesRefs.
Punjab Bathinda Bathinda Airport [14]
Ludhiana Ludhiana Airport [15]
Uttarakhand Dehradun Dehradun Airport [15]
Pithoragarh Pithoragarh Airport [16]
Pantnagar Pantnagar Airport [16]
Uttar Pradesh Aligarh Aligarh Airport [17]
Azamgarh Azamgarh Airport [17]
Chitrakoot Chitrakoot Airport [17]
Lucknow Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport [17]
Shravasti Shravasti Airport [17]
Ghaziabad Hindon Airport [16]

Fleet

The flybig fleet consists of the following aircraft as of March 2024: [18] [19]


flybig fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
DHC-6-400 Twin Otter 3919 [20] [21]
Total39

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  14. ↑ Jha, Abhijay (14 September 2023). "Two routes to Punjab from Hindon terminal now, but services to Dehradun suspended". The Times of India . Retrieved 14 September 2023. Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann will formally inaugurate the route on September 18, Ratan Laxmanro Ambhore, the head of ground operations at Flybig, told TOI.
  15. 1 2 Jain, Nitin (4 September 2023). "Ludhiana gets Dehradun, Delhi air link from this week". The Tribune . Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  16. 1 2 3 "Flight Schedule - March 2024" (PDF). FlyBig.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 "Now, direct flights from Lucknow to 5 UP cities". Times of India. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  18. ↑ "flybig Airlines Fleet Details and History". flyBig. Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  19. ↑ "We are elated to add another family member to our ever-expanding 𝗳𝗹𝘆𝗯𝗶𝗴 fleet family. We warmly 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 our flying beauty 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 on Indian land. We are ready to make our 2 and 3 tier cities guests' journey easy & fast". FlyBig. 2023-06-29. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
  20. ↑ "India's flybig eyes green Twin Otter -400s". ch-aviation. Retrieved 2023-04-27.
  21. ↑ https://twitter.com/RaghavanO7/status/1761463849922740632?t=xwoBp8cE5Gj12CoQrxBkdQ&s=19
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